Shoe cleaning and polishing device.



J. ELMER.

SHOE CLEANING AND POLISHING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JONATHAN ELMER, OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE CLEANING AND POLISHING DEVICE.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910. Serial No. 478,140.

951,389. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN ELMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at ridgcton, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersehave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe leaning andPolishing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved shoe cleaning and polishing device,the object of the invention being to provide improvements of thischaracter, which when supported, the cleaning or polishing cloth willopen to admit the shoe between the cloth and the platform, and apressure on the platform serves to draw the cloth tight upon the shoe,and thus enable any desired friction to be had.

ers. The openings 8 in lugs 7 are sufficiently large to allow of thepivotal movement of the members 1 and 2 relative to each other, and thispivotal movement of the members will position the rollers 9 sufficientlyabove the platform to allow the shoe to be entered on the platform, andbelow a cloth 11 passed below the rollers 9. This cloth 11 is preferablysecured at its ends to bars 12, and handles 13 are secured to the saidbars to facilitate the manipulation of the cloth.

In operation, the handles 13 are grasped and the device permitted tofall until stopped by the cloth, when the force of gravity will compelthe platform members to hinge, positioning the platform below the cloth,when the shoe can be readily 1nserted between the platform and thecloth. l/Vhen the device is upon the floor and pressure is applied uponthe platform, rollers 9 and the cloth 11 will be drawn downwardly, so asto press the cloth tightly against the shoe, and the greater thispressure the greater will be the frictional contact, and while in suchposition the cloth may be manipulated from side to side to clean orpolish the shoes as will be readily understood.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but considermyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a platformcomprising two members, side bars on said members, the bars of onemember projecting beside the other member, a. hinge pin projectingthrough said bars, and hinging the platform members together, perforatedlugs on the ends of said bars, parallel rollers and journals on saidrollers in said perforated 5. In a device of the character described,the combination of a platform, comprising two members hinged together,side bars on said members, the bars of one member prjecting beside theother member, and rollers on the shoe, and which will be extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, and strong and durable in use.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the

rangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, 1s a perspective viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is a plan view with the rollersremoved.

D l and 2 represent the two members forming my improved foot supportingplatform. These members may be made of cast metal as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3, and each memher is provided with longitudinally projecting bars3, the bars of member 2 being recessed as at 4, so as to overlap thebars 3 of member 1.

The free ends of bars 3 are provided with lugs having openings 8therein, and rollers 9 are located at the side edges of the device, andwire nails 10 or other similar devices are positioned in the openings 8,and driven into the ends of rollers 9 to provide rotary journals orpintles for the rollsupported by said bars, a bar 01 one member ing theplatform members together pert'ol0 and a bar or the other membersupporting a rated lugs on the ends of all of said bars, roll.longitudinally disposed rollers above the 3. In a device of thecharacter described, side bars, and journals at the ends of the thecombination of a. platform, comprising rollers supported in saidperforated lugs.

tWo members, longitudinal sidebars on said JONATHAN ELMER. members, thebars of one member projecting a Witnesses: beslde the other member, atransverse hinge WM. B. BooNE,

pin projecting through said bars, and hing- H. M. DOLBEY.

